Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumH. G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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Page ix
... tail , it differs from both . From personal observation of the habits of the two recent genera above named , I may venture to affirm that the habits and economy of the present bird more closely resemble those of the former than of the ...
... tail , it differs from both . From personal observation of the habits of the two recent genera above named , I may venture to affirm that the habits and economy of the present bird more closely resemble those of the former than of the ...
Page x
... tail dark green ; lower part of the abdomen , vent , and thighs , dull bluish black ; under tail - coverts , white ; bill and feet , bright red . " Total length of the body , 26 inches ; bill , from the gape to the tip , 21 ; from tip ...
... tail dark green ; lower part of the abdomen , vent , and thighs , dull bluish black ; under tail - coverts , white ; bill and feet , bright red . " Total length of the body , 26 inches ; bill , from the gape to the tip , 21 ; from tip ...
Page 11
... tail ( Calamites ) . On the lower division are Filicites , or fossil ferns , of many species and genera . On the top of this case there are stems of several species of Calamites , from the Coal formation . are many C. [ 3. A , B , C , D ...
... tail ( Calamites ) . On the lower division are Filicites , or fossil ferns , of many species and genera . On the top of this case there are stems of several species of Calamites , from the Coal formation . are many C. [ 3. A , B , C , D ...
Page 27
... tail ) . The family of the Equisetaceæ comprises 1 See " Tableau des Genres de Végétaux Fossiles . " Par M. Adolphe Brongniart . Paris , 1849 . 2 Plate V. of " Pictorial Atlas of Organic Remains " contains coloured figures of both ...
... tail ) . The family of the Equisetaceæ comprises 1 See " Tableau des Genres de Végétaux Fossiles . " Par M. Adolphe Brongniart . Paris , 1849 . 2 Plate V. of " Pictorial Atlas of Organic Remains " contains coloured figures of both ...
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... tail.1 EQUISETITES . - Case B. - These are the stems of gigantic equisetaceous plants , which , though allied by their general cha- racters to the diminutive existing Equisetum , differ in some essential particulars . They are named by ...
... tail.1 EQUISETITES . - Case B. - These are the stems of gigantic equisetaceous plants , which , though allied by their general cha- racters to the diminutive existing Equisetum , differ in some essential particulars . They are named by ...
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ancient animal arch articular articulated beds belong birds body bones British Museum carnivora caudal vertebræ cavity cervical Cetiosaurus chalk characters clay collection colossal convex coracoid cranium Crocodile crocodilian Cuvier deposits dermal Dinornis discovered distal dorsal Eningen Eocene extinct extremity feet femur figured and described fishes formation fossil fossil remains fragments Gavial genera genus gigantic humerus Hylæosaurus Ichthyolites Ichthyosaurus Iguana Iguanodon imbedded inches long integument length Lign limestone lower jaw Maidstone mammalia margin Mastodon Medals of Creation Megalosaurus Memoir metatarsals Monte Bolca Mosasaurus numerous obtained Oolite Organic Remains original osseous paddles phalangeal plates Plesiosaurus portion posterior present Professor Owen quarry remarkable reptiles resemble ribs sandstone saurians scapula shells skeleton skull slab species specimens spine stems stone Stonesfield strata structure surface Sussex Table-case tail teeth Teleosaurus tertiary tibia Tilgate Forest tooth Trans transverse upper vertebral column Wall-case Wealden Wonders of Geology Zealand